Guide to Uptown Alley in Surprise

The 60,000-square-foot center is for all ages, with sports from bowling to laser tag available. Customers can eat in the restaurant, watch sports on a large screen, take part in karaoke nights, play video games with the kids or have a private evening with adults in the over-21 lounge.

Uptown Alley is open from 10 a.m. to midnight Sunday through Thursday. On Friday and Saturday, closing time is 1 a.m.

Bowling is high-tech at Uptown Alley, complete with lighting that makes the lanes appear to be running with water.

The venue features 30 bowling lanes, each with its own television set above the pins for viewing sports. Some lanes have large projection screens. All lanes are league-certified.

The seating area features large couches and cocktail tables, with electronic scoreboards. Waiters will serve each area. Bowling balls are in primary colors and sizes can accommodate toddlers to adults.

Managers are in talks with area bowling leagues, and Uptown Alley also offers bowling lessons.

PRICES

Sunday through Thursday: $4 per game all day.Friday and Saturday (10 a.m. to 6 p.m.): $4 per game.Friday and Saturday (6 p.m. to close): $30 per hour, with up to 6 people per lane.Monday through Friday - Seniors (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.): $3 per game.Shoes: $3.50Socks: $2

Red Embers Bar & Grill has full-service casual dining.

The menu includes barbecue -- the house specialty -- as well as pizza and pasta, hamburgers and sandwiches. Patrons can watch their meals being prepared in an exhibition kitchen.

The restaurant will seat about 140 people inside. An additional 60 people can dine on the patio, which has a "garage door" opening to the interior and features a fire pit.

The restaurant will be open for full service from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, with a reduced menu offered from 11 p.m. to closing.

A 15- by 20-foot projection screen dominates this area, along with smaller, 55-inch flat-screen televisions showing games on 32 channels. Viewers will find couches and seats set up for prime viewing.

Across the way, another lounge -- called the Library -- has a low-key setting with bookshelves, a fireplace and conversation areas that contrasts with the high-energy bowling area. The lounge has couches and easy access to food service.

Uptown Alley has an arcade featuring more than 75 high-tech video and prize games.

Patrons will buy "virtual tickets" that accumulate points to be redeemed at the Uptown Alley store. Prizes start with small trinkets. Large prizes include iPods, popcorn machines and mini-jukeboxes.

The two-story laser tag area, which has specialty lighting and music, can take 24 players at a time. Players will wear vests with sensors to determine who gets "shot" with laser guns as they move around ramps and other obstacles.

PRICES

Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (non-peak): $5 for one game; $8 for two games; $11 for three games.

Friday 6 p.m. to close and Saturday and Sunday (peak): $7 for one game; $12 for two games; $17 for three games.

A boutique area of the venue features an "over-21" lounge called the Approach.

The area, which can accommodate parties and corporate events, includes a bar, private party room and billiards section.

The Approach also has 10 VIP bowling lanes, each with its own large projection screen.